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In that call, she suggests bloggers use an editorial calendar to

keep their blogging on track throughout the week: pick a topic to
cover for each day of the week and stick to it. That way, there's no
friction in figuring out what to post for a given day. You can choose
certain topics for each day of the week, a certain category to post
in, a certain type of post format (interivew, top 10 list, etc). The
important part is that you are removing another brick of potential
writer's block.

How to Use This Worksheet

To get started, click on the Calendar worksheet in this file (the set
of tabs at the bottom of the window). At the top is each of the
seven days of the week.

First, mark out the days that you are going to be 'off'. In the
sample worksheet I've marked off the weekends.

Then, type in the topic or format for each day of the week that you
plan to write.

In the row under that, write in the keywords that you should be
using in your post title, entry and excerpt.

Under all that is a list of each week in 2006. You can simply use
X's to note when you've written your post. If you don't post on a
particular today you can type in your excuse (if excuses keep
popping up, maybe you shouldn't be writing for that day or topic).
You can also use the worksheet to plan your posting so if you
have five ideas for the next five Mondays, go ahead and type
them in so you don't forget.

If you schedule a week's-worth of posts in advance, you can use

this worksheet to mark what you've already programmed into your
blog platform.

Enjoy!

Andy
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Editorial Calendar

Day Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Topic/Format (off) Topic Name Topic Name Topic Name Topic Name Topic Name (off)
Keywords Keywords to use Keywords to use Keywords to use Keywords to use Keywords to use
Week of
29-Jan
5-Feb
12-Feb
19-Feb
26-Feb
5-Mar
12-Mar
19-Mar
26-Mar
2-Apr
9-Apr
16-Apr
23-Apr
30-Apr
7-May
14-May
21-May
28-May
4-Jun
11-Jun
18-Jun
25-Jun
2-Jul
9-Jul
16-Jul
23-Jul
30-Jul
6-Aug
13-Aug
20-Aug
27-Aug
3-Sep
10-Sep
17-Sep
24-Sep
 1-Oct
8-Oct
15-Oct
22-Oct
29-Oct
5-Nov
12-Nov
19-Nov
26-Nov
3-Dec
10-Dec
17-Dec
24-Dec
31-Dec